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DNB paints "bleak picture" for Dutch insurers
14 December 2016Industry at risk on various fronts, watchdog says
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Dutch regulator warns on risk of mortgage investments
29 November 2016Greater scrutiny amid booming allocations to non-securitised mortgages
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How a 100% SCR stopped being sufficient capital
12 November 2015Insurers are holding capital buffers larger than the minimum required under Solvency II, but is it the fault of the rules, the regulators or the market? Hugo Coelho reports
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Eiopa 'open' to lower UFR from 2017
09 October 2015Methodology review to be completed in September
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EU divided over Solvency II's dynamic volatility adjustment
29 September 2015Whether internal model firms can assume changes in the value of the volatility adjustment under stress depends on where they are based and Eiopa's attempts to issue guidance are fraught by disagreements. Hugo Coelho reports
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Bernardino promises to bring supervisors into line on internal models
09 September 2015Guidance on volatility adjustment and third-country subsidiaries being finalised
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Dutch insurers derailed by Solvency II surprises
20 August 2015Setbacks in internal model approvals have put a strain on Dutch insurers' plans for Solvency II and raised fears that the European industry is less prepared than it thinks, Hugo Coelho reports
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Aegon cuts target Solvency II ratio on regulation setbacks
13 August 2015Discussions with supervisors on US equivalence, MA and spread risk charges go against insurer
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First box ticked in Solvency II data reporting
28 July 2015Fears that insurers would flounder in the first test of their Solvency II reporting systems have eased, but it has not all been plain sailing. Christopher Cundy reports
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PRA rules out VA change under stress
08 June 2015Strict guidance is a blow to internal model insurers